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How screeningwould workPhiladelphia’s ordin -ance would call on themayor to create a nine-person Fair CriminalRecord Screening Advi-sory Committee,which would includeat least two ex-offend-ers, to monitor compli-ance with the law andfield complaints.

Council to weigh‘Ban the Box’ bill

Don’t Ask At First? Council may vote today on removing criminalhistory from start of hiring process Supporters say ex-offenders wouldget a fair chance Foes suggest anti-discrimination lawsuits could resultEver since a drunken-dri-ving arrest in 2002, RodneyByrd has been trying to getemployers to judge him onhis qualifications of work-ing more than 15 years inthe health care industry.“It’s like I try to seek em-ployment and I get onlineand fill out application andthey ask ‘Have you ever beenarrested’ and I gotta tell thetruth,” the 55-year-old said.“That’s a mark against you.”

Byrd and thousands ofex-offenders in Philadel-phia are hoping that markwill be removed or at leastcovered today. City Councilis expected to vote on a billreferred to as “Ban the

Box,” referring to the boxon job applications askingwhether a person has everbeen convicted of a crime.

Employers would be pro-hibited from asking aboutan applicant’s criminal his-tory until after the first in-terview unless otherwise re-quired by state or federallaw, such as those whichmandate backgroundchecks for law-enforcementand child-care jobs. Not on-ly would the ban apply topublic employers, butPhiladelphia would becomethe first city in the U.S. toinclude private employers— following the lead ofHawaii and Massachusetts.

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The Campaign for Nonviolent Schools marched on Broad Streetwith a “Fund Our Schools, Not Prisons” message for Harrisburg.Hundreds protested Gov. Tom Corbett’s proposed funding cuts and decried the “school-to-prison pipeline in Philadelphia.”

Protest. Education funding

Former and current high school and college students united to rail against what they consider misplaced budget priorities coming from the state capitol.

A tinyportion ofbudget gapfilledGov. Tom Corbett patcheda 41-foot hole in the budg-et shortfall yesterday byretiring “a 1991 tour bus”that, by being driven few-er than 26,000 miles dur-ing the Rendell adminis-tration, cost taxpayers$66,000. “This fiscal yearalone, taxpayers have paidfor batteries, towing andwindow tinting,” he said.

State Democrats imme-diately retorted that Cor-bett “focuses on politicalgimmicks” that fill .00166percent of the deficitrather than listening toresidents’ real budget con-cerns. METRO

Tow-truckdriver shotin ChesterCHESTER. A tow-truck driv-er was shot early yesterdaymorning, but policehaven’t yet said whetherhe was the intendedtarget. The incidentoccurred at around 10 a.m.in an alley off EdgemontSt. Upon arrival, the founda Philadelphia Auto Recy-cling driver suffering froma gunshot wound. Policereportedly think the shotwas fired from a nearbyhome.

The driver, whose namehasn’t been released, wastaken to Crozer-ChesterMedical Center. METRO

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The BigFiveThe Hospital ofthe University ofPennsylvaniatopped U.S. Newsand World Re-port’s first-everranking ofPhiladelphia-areahospitals. Also inthe top five wereThomas JeffersonUniversity Hospi-tal, Temple Uni-versity Hospital,Hahnemann Uni-versity Hospitaland ChristianaCare in Newark,Del. METRO

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More priestsplaced on leaveCardinal Justin Rigaliplaced two morepriests on adminis-trative leave as a re-sult of the grand-juryreport into allegedsexual-abuse cover-ups. The announce-ment offered scantdetails other thanthe priests retired in2005 and 2006.

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Satirical skit aboutdwarves leads to lawsuit

A photograph for a story about genetic testing was reused for comedyA South Jersey couple says it was defamation Comcast is a defendant

A married Collingswood,N.J., couple, both achon-droplastic dwarves, recent-ly filed a defamation suitagainst Comcast, E! Enter-tainment Television andthe host of the “The Soup”for misrepresenting themin a skit on the satiricalprogram.

In 2006, Cara and Gib-son Reynolds were pho-tographed by the Associat-ed Press for a story aboutthe controversies sur-rounding genetic screen-ing.

The photo caption stat-ed their “newborn diedfrom a genetic conditionlinked to dwarfism.” Threeyears later, a doctored ver-sion of the photograph was

used, without AP permis-sion, in a “Soup” skit abouta fake reality show called“Fertile Little Tattooed Pag-eant Parents Who EnjoyBaking.”

“The piece depicted awoman purported to beCara Reynolds in labor, inthe process of giving birthin a bathroom,” the suitfiled March 24 in Philadel-phia Common Pleas Courtstates.

The Reynolds’ were inthe process of adopting achild from China, also anachondroplastic dwarf,and were concerned the“false and misleading in-formation … would jeop-ardize the adoptionprocess.”

The Reynolds also suf-fered “anxiety, depression,insomnia … and feelingsof shame and degrada-tion.” They are suing for atleast $50,000 on eachcount of defamation, mis-appropriation of likeness,false light, intentional andnegligent infliction ofemotional distress and un-just enrichment.

Comcast referred allquestions yesterday to E!Entertainment Television;a vice president of corpo-rate communications de-clined to answer ques-tions about pending litiga-tion.

Not for laughs

Excerpts from the

Reynolds’ lawsuit:

Plaintiffs were never asked

to consent, nor did they

ever consent, to any use of

their photo other than for

the article for which they

were interviewed.

[The photograph] was al-tered to show a crown anda beauty pageant sash onMrs. Reynolds and tattooson both Mr. and Mrs.

Reynolds. Dozens of chil-dren were added to thefront yard in front of Mr.and Mrs. Reynolds to makegood on the promotionthat these are “happydwarves … that can’t stopprocreating.”The description of the cou-

ple as “fertile little people”

caused them to relive the

pain and grief they experi-

enced with the loss of their

newborn daughter Tracy

Reynolds in 2005 and their

ongoing fertility issues.

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AT&T CEO Randall Steph en -son, making his case for aproposed takeover of T-Mo-bile USA, said the dealwould boost network capac-ity and improve service fordevices such as the iPhone.

The acquisition wouldimprove capacity onAT&T’s wireless networkby about 30 percent insome of the largest U.S.cities, Stephenson said yes-terday at an event at theCouncil on Foreign Rela-tions in New York. It couldalso reduce charges foroverseas roaming, he said.

“This transaction is veryinstrumental [in improv-ing network service],” saidStephenson at the event.“Virtually on the day you

close the deal, getting a 30percent lift in capacity inNew York City: That’s a sig-nificant improvement incall quality and datathroughput.”

AT&T said on March 20it had agreed to buy T-Mo-bile USA from DeutscheTelekom, in a deal that

would combine the sec-ond- and fourth-largest U.S.wireless operators to cre-ate the country’s largest.The acquisition, whichwould leave three majornational wireless playersincluding Verizon Wirelessand Sprint Nextel is sub-ject to regulatory approval.

AT&T said that as part ofthe purchase it would ex-pand the rollout of its high-speed wireless technology,helping achieve the U.S.Federal CommunicationsCommission goal of mak-ing broadband availablemore widely. AT&T will of-fer its Long-Term Evolutiontechnology to an additional46.5 million people as partof the deal. BLOOMBERG

CEO says acquisition of T-Mobile would boostcapacity and improve service, including on iPhone

AT&T: Deal willimprove network

Google’snew tweaktakes onFacebookSAN FRANCISCO. Google willbegin allowing users topersonally endorse searchresults and Web pages, itslatest attempt to stave offrival Facebook while tryingto jump onboard a social-networking boom.

The so-called “+1”button started to appearalongside Google search re-sults for some users yester-day, letting people recom-mend specific searchresults to friends and con-tacts by clicking the button.

Eventually, the featuremay begin to influence theranking of search results,though that is only underconsideration. Results arenow ranked via a closelyguarded algorithm. REUTERS

No worries

Stephenson said concerns

about the merger limiting

competition in the U.S. are

unfounded. “This is an in-

tensely competitive indus-

try,” he said. “It is intense

before we do this transac-

tion, it will be intense after

we do this transaction.”

AT&T’s deal to buy T-Mobile could help your iPhone.

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Libyan rebels fled in head-long retreat from the supe-rior arms and tactics ofMuammar Gaddafi’s troopsyesterday, exposing the in-surgents’ weakness withoutWestern airstrikes to tip thescales in their favor.

It had taken more thanfive days of allied bombard-ment to destroy govern-ment tanks and artillery inthe strategic town of Ajd-abiyah before rebels rushedin and chased Gaddafi’stroops 200 miles west in atwo-day dash.

Two days later, the rebelshave been pushed back toclose to where they started.

The Libyan army firstambushed the chaotic cara-van of volunteers, support-

ers and bystanders outsideGaddafi’s home town ofSirte, then outflanked themthrough the desert, a ma-neuver requiring the sort ofdiscipline the ragtag rebelslack.

The towns of Nawfaliyah,Bin Jawad and Ras Lanuf fellin quick succession to thelightning government

counterstrike. Rebelsshowed no signs of trying tohold on to the next town,Brega, but carried on to-

ward Ajdabiyah.In town after town,

Gaddafi force’s have un-leashed a fierce bombard-

ment from tanks, artilleryand truck-launched Gradrockets, which has forcedrebels to swiftly flee. REUTERS

Rebels pushed back as loyalistsunleash superior arms, discipline

Western airstrikes had helped

Gaddafi strikes back

Libyan rebels flee from Ras Lanuf to Uqayla as loyalist forces overran the Libyan key oil town.

Diamondsstolen atSwitzerlandjewels fairZURICH. Thieves stole fourdiamonds worth severalmillion dollars from atrader’s stand at theworld’s biggest watch andjewelry fair in Basel yester-day, prosecutors said.

“Three men engagedthe staff in a sales talkwhile one or two othersopened the showcase,”said Markus Melzl,spokesman for the Baselprosecutor’s office. “Thesewere real pros who haddone some researchahead.”

Watch and jewelry mak-ers meet retailers from allover the world at the Baselfair, which closes its doorstoday. REUTERS

Civilians first

A conference of 40 govern-

ments and international

bodies agreed on Tuesday

to press on with aerial bom-

bardment of Libyan forces

until Gaddafi complied with

a U.N. resolution to end vio-

lence against civilians.

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“These were realpros who had donesome researchahead.” MELZL

U.S. electric carmaker Tes-la Motors has sued theBBC's “Top Gear” show al-leging libel and maliciousfalsehood.

Tesla claims the show,one of the broadcaster’smost successful programs,faked a scene that ap-peared to show Tesla’sRoadster car running outof energy, according to pa-pers filed at the High Courtin London yesterday.

In the Top Gear report,first broadcast in Decem-ber 2008, presenter JeremyClarkson said that, eventhough the car is “biblical-ly quick,” and “the firstelectric car you might actu-ally want to buy,” its rangeis limited.

“Although Tesla say itwill do 200 miles, weworked out that on ourtrack it would run out afterjust 55 miles, and if it does

run out it’s not a quick jobto charge it up again,”Clarkson said, according toa transcript of the show in-cluded in the filing.

The report showed thecar being pushed into ahangar, according to thesuit. Tesla said the Road-ster that was pushed intothe hangar hadn’t run outof power and didn’t needto be pushed.BLOOMBERG

Electric carmakersues BBC for libel

Tesla says Top Gear’s allegations “grossly misled potential purchasers of the Roadster.”

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The National SecurityAgency — the top U.S. elec-tronic intelligence service— has joined a probe ofthe October cyber attackon Nasdaq amid evidencethe intrusion by hackerswas more severe than firstdisclosed.

The involvement of theNSA, which uses some of

the world’s most powerfulcomputers for electronicsurveillance and decryp-tion, may help the initial in-vestigators — Nasdaq andthe FBI — determine who

attacked and what was tak-en. It may also show the at-tack endangered the securi-ty of the nation’s financialinfrastructure.

The NSA’s most impor-tant contribution to theprobe may be its ability tounscramble encryptedmessages that hackers useto extract data, said Ira

Winkler, a former NSA an-alyst and chief securitystrategist at Technodyne.

The probe of the attackon the second-biggest U.S.stock exchange operator,disclosed last month, is al-so being assisted by for-eign intelligence agencies,according to an unnamedsource. BLOOMBERG

Now it’s serious:Nasdaq attackprobed by NSA

The feds are bringing in the big guns to solve an attack on the USfinance industry National Security Agency well equipped for the job

“By bringing in theNSA, that meansthey think they’reeither dealing witha state-sponsoredattack or it’s anextraordinarilycapable criminalorganization.” JOEL BRENNER, FORMER HEAD OF U.S. COUNTERINTELLIGENCE

$20BThe widening invest-igation may complicateNasdaq’s ability tostrike deals to buy ormerge with other

exchanges at a timewhen several competi-tors have announcedsuch moves. More than$20 billion of exchangeacquisitions have beenannounced in the pastfive months.

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Investigators have yet to determine which

Nasdaq systems were breached and why.

Above: NSA headquarters at Fort Meade, Maryland.

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Obama: Cutback on oilWASHINGTON. PresidentBarack Obama yesterdayproposed to cut U.S. oil im-ports by a third over 10years, setting an ambitiousgoal that eluded his prede-cessors as high gasolineprices threatened to un-dermine the economic re-covery.

Obama outlined hisstrategy after spendingdays explaining the U.S.-ledmilitary action in Libya,where fighting, accompa-nied by unrest elsewherein the Arab world, hashelped push U.S. gasolineprices toward $4 a gallon.

In a speech that wasshort on details on how tocurb U.S. energy demand,

Obama did not pretendthere were any speedymeasures to lower fuelcosts that he acknowl-edged were a “big con-cern” to Americans. REUTERS

Problem areas

Obama laid out four areas

to help reach his target of

curbing U.S. dependence

on foreign oil: lifting do-

mestic energy production,

fostering the use of more

natural gas in vehicles like

city buses, making cars and

trucks more efficient and

boosting alternative energy

by encouraging biofuels.

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Tilikum returned to public performance yesterday,the first time the six-ton whale has performed sincekilling 40-year-old trainer Dawn Brancheau at the Sea World marine park on Feb. 24, 2010. Sea World Parks & Entertainment president JimAtchinson signed off on the decision this week.

Marine life. And death

Killer whale Tilikum appears during its performance

in its show “Believe” at Sea World in Orlando, Fla.

BOSTON. Chief executives’view of the economybrightened in the firstquarter, with more thanhalf now ready to add jobs— a critical step if theeconomy’s recovery is togain steam.

The Business Round-table’s quarterly CEO Eco-nomic Outlook surveyfound that 52 percent ofCEOs plan to add staff inthe United States over thenext six months.

CEOs’ changed views onhiring would be very goodnews for an economy thathas struggled with highunemployment even sinceits last 18-month recessionofficially ended in June2009 — and for the admin-istration of PresidentBarack Obama. REUTERS

Survey: More than halfof CEOs plan on hiring

Eastern USpreparesfor snowNEW YORK. A winter stormwatch has been issued foreastern New York, parts ofnorthern New Jersey andmost of New England whilea storm packing as much as12 inches of snow heads for

the region by week’s end,according to the NationalWeather Service.

The system will be thesecond to move throughthe area this week, saidLauren Nash, a weatherservice meteorologist inUpton, N.Y. The first willarrive tonight and maybring light snow to areasnorth of New York City,she said. BLOOMBERG

“Our CEOs seemomentum in theU.S. economy. We collectively are expectingincreased sales andas a result expect todo more investingand hiring over thenext six months.”IVAN SEIDENBERG, CEO OF VERIZON

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Heard itbefore?WASHINGTON. Analysts andexperts said Obama’sgoal is ambitious.

“All U.S. presidentssince the early 1970shave outlined ambitiousplans to reduce their re-liance on imported oil,”

said John Sfakianakis,chief economist at theBanque Saudi Fransi.

Truly reforming U.S.energy use wouldinvolve sweepingchanges, including possi-ble fuel taxes to encour-age Americans to changetheir habits, whichcould be politically tox-ic, analysts said. REUTERS

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Britney Spears’ new album,“Femme Fatale,” debuts thisweek. Looking back, authorPeggy Orenstein examinesthe long-lasting — and dam-aging — effects of the “girlpower” pop star’s sexuality.

In your new book, “CinderellaAte My Daughter,” you writeabout how Disney princessculture has altered your littlegirl’s view of sexuality. It reminded me of BritneySpears, when she debuted ina schoolgirl outfit posing suggestively.Yes, she set a template for alot of the confusion thatcame after and was ironi-cally a direct outgrowth ofthe Girl Power movement— she had an impact onthe way Girl Power wascommodified and changed.On the one hand, she was abreakthrough because shewas a girl who was a starfor girls, as opposed to, say,David Cassidy or BobbySherman or the JonasBrothers today. But as such,she had this whole differ-ent approach. She was atonce selling chastity andsex and combining them inthis really weird way.

And she was doing this for real-ly little girls when she started.It’s hard to remembernow, but one of her centralfan bases was 6-year-oldgirls, who would go to herconcerts and scream andshout. She always talkedabout being a virgin. Andshe’d say, if you see me as aLolita, that’s your problem.But everything she didcompletely contradictedthat. It’s this weird thingwhere she was sexualizinginnocence and fetishizing

it. So it was an ultimatelyincredibly disempoweringstance for girls to see.

And what’s been the falloutall these years later?The culture has taken upthat message. It plays intothe diva culture of littlegirls right now, that acceler-ated makeup and hot dancemoves, with Miley Cyrusand the like. I want to beclear: I don’t come at thisfrom a perspective to benegative about sexuality.It’s just that when little girlshave inappropriate sexuali-ty — however it’s imposed,by pop culture or adultsthey love — they don’t un-derstand it. The risk is thatthey never connect it andsexiness becomes a per-formance for them ratherthan something that in-volves intimacy. Insteadthey see sexiness as some-thing they do for the pleas-ure and entertainment forothers. As if self-objectifica-tion was a rite of passage.

You see that today: Young girls“sext” naked photos of them-selves to their boyfriends.With sexting, there’s also an

issue of sexual entitlement.Girls are feeling like theyhave to perform the ideathat they’re comfortablewith their sexuality. Andyou have to wonder, what isit that they’re getting? Theydon’t have pleasure or con-trol. What is the reality ofwhat that act gives them?It’s not anything healthy.

So what are parents supposedto do?First, it’s about limitingtheir access to media andsuch, when they’re reallylittle. And also trying to ex-pand their ideas of whothey are and what they canbe, that’s not linked con-stantly to playing at prettyor sassy (which is sexywith training wheels). Edu-cate them and yourself.

Who is your daughter Daisyidolizing these days?Well, this is going to soundpolitically correct but it’strue. We went to a dinnerthe other night where this99-year-old judo championwas being honored. Shewas talking about how oneshould be gentle, strongand beautiful. To illustrate“gentle” and “strong,” shesaid she could walk up to aman twice her size (whichwouldn’t be hard, she wasabout 4-foot-9) and touchhim with her index fingerand he would collapse.And by beautiful, shemeant not the externalsbut a beautiful heart. I toldDaisy, “Look at her, isn’tshe amazing!” She was tak-en. She was into it.

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“When little girlshave inappropriatesexuality —however it’simposed, by popculture or adultsthey love — theydon’t understand it.The risk is that theynever connect it andsexiness becomes aperformance forthem rather thansomething thatinvolves intimacy.”ORENSTEIN

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Ice is backwith abrand newinventionDuring his 1990 “Ice Ice Ba-by” heyday of parachutepants, bethonged womenand the pompadour flat

top that came with thecrazy glory of selling 11million copies of “To theExtreme,” Vanilla Ice proba-bly didn’t envision himselfin 20 years performing the-ater. Make that children’stheater. In England. In pan-tomime.

Yes, the former “rapper”is playing Captain Hook ina live theatrical production

of “Peter Pan” in London,reports the BBC. “Ice is ahuge name who I am surewill be a real draw for par-ents and children alike,”theater manager Tony Hillsaid. “He has never per-formed in a pantomimebefore, but I am sure hewill go down as a hit.”

Pantomime, which isdifferent than mime,

means Ice can only usebody movements and fa-cial contortions, but nothis voice. This means, ofcourse, there will be norocking of the mic like avandal, but hopefully he’llstill be able to light up thestage and wax a chumplike a candle.

Whatever that evermeant.

THEWORDMetro’s Dorothy Robinson shares her take on the world of gossip p @dorothyatmetro [email protected]

Denise takesprecautionAfter ex-husband CharlieSheen’s angry tiradeagainst her on Twitter,Denise Richards has report-edly upped the security ather home, according toPopeater. “She wants[daughters] Sam and Lolato have normal lives, butafter the recent threatsand verbal attacks, shehas increased her securi-ty,” a source says. “Whenyou are dealing with a

mad man, it’s better to besafe than sorry.” Sheen’sover-the-top behavior onTwitter reportedly hasRichards worried. “Denisehas learned how to dealwith the name-calling,but once you start tweet-ing pictures of yourselfwith knives and saying

you wished someonewould die it’s a totally dif-ferent game,” the sourcesays. “Denise is no longerangry — she’s scared.”

Aniston todirect

Jennifer Aniston is steppingbehind the camera to di-rect part of “Project Five,”an anthology of shortfilms for Lifetime TV, ac-cording to Deadline Holly-wood. Demi Moore and Ali-cia Keys are also taking thereigns for sections of theproject, which addresses

how breast cancer effectspeople’s lives.

Farrell saysgoodbyeDuring the final years ofher life, Elizabeth Taylorstruck up a closefriendship with actor ColinFarrell — so close that, ather request, Farrell recit-ed a poem at her funerallast week, according toAccess Hollywood. “Eliza-beth chose it,” says Farrellof the poem. “It was atricky poem as well. Evenin passing she had me un-der the thumb, sweatingbricks.”

Checking in withsome of Hollywood’sbiggest names to seewhat they’ve beenup to — in their ownwords, in 140 charac-ters or less.

Today, Bree Olsonmay be tiring of be-ing one of CharlieSheen’s goddesses,Samantha Ronsonwasn’t where peoplesaid she was and Jon-ah Hill doesn’t get Je-sus’ popularity.

@BreeOlsonI’d love to live in acottage in the woods.Deep in the country.To just have all thebare essentials andlive off the land. Daydreams

@samantharonsoni love when the inter-net makes me a superhero- i was home atthe same time i wasat dinner. pix of meleaving dinner lastnight win. PROOF

@JonahHillI have half as manyfollowers as @Jesus.That is such bulls—.That guy hasn’t beenfunny in years.

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Pot, meetkettleWhen asked byAustralia’s DailyTelegraph what shethought of Internet sen-sation Rebecca Black’s“Friday” video, whichgot 16 million views inone week, Miley Cyrussaid: “Youshouldn’tjust beable to puta song onYouTube and go

on tour. It should beharder to be an artist.”Ah, yes. “Harder.” Thisapparently means hav-ing an already famousfather who would sellyour soul to the Disneycorporation, who would,in turn, spend millions

in marketing you asa singer and actorto gullible littlegirls. But let’s notsplit hairs, shall

we?

DaddyFederline:Papa Zao!Can someone explainto me why womenwant to procreate withKevin Federline? It wasannounced yesterday

theformerbackupdancer isexpectinga childwith girl-

friend Victoria Prince —his fifth. Luckily,Britney is going on tourthis year. Girl’s gottawork if she’s going tosupport all ofFederline’s variouschildren for him.

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Toni is all (golden) earsSinger Toni Braxton attended the 2011 Lindt Gold Bunny Celebrity Auction Kick-Off at the Lindt ChocolateShop yesterday in New York City. Hopefully someonetold Braxton, who recently declared bankruptcy a second time, that bunny wasn’t made from real gold.

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Keep the Cracker Jacks:Chef Kevin Levett is servingup ballpark-inspired snackssuch as truffle-dusted pret-zel bites with Brie fondueand Philly cheesesteakspring rolls in the Sofitel’sswanky lounge.

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Piazza at Schmidt’s cele-brates its grand openingtonight, and they’re gearingup for a season of Philliesviewing parties. ChefShawn Sollberger — whohas cooked for the team inthe clubhouse — will begrilling on the patio Friday;he plans to roll out a specialgame-day barbecue menu.

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1Roy Halladay, RHP

2011 projections:24 wins, 2.12 ERA

What he throws: Fastball (93 mph range),curveball, changeup andcutter with unparalleledcontrol.

Scouting report:Halladay will go after hit-ters, pound the plate andprobably lead the leaguein complete games. “He’sthe best pitcher inbaseball,” Yankees GMBrian Cashman said.

Halladay is perhaps themost intense hurler sinceSteve Carlton. He treatsspring training like theplayoffs, as evidenced byhis 0.42 ERA in the Grapefruit League.

2Cliff Lee, LHP


What he throws: Fastball (89-92 mph range),cutter, curveball, two- andfour-seam fastball, sliderand changeup.

Scouting report:Not a power pitcher, buthas exceptional control ofall six pitches. Lee is a fastworker, pounds the plateand is capable of finishinggames, just like Halladay.

“Cliff Lee is a greatpitcher,” Jayson Werthsaid. “He’s one of the bestin the game. He’s the kindof guy you pay to seepitch. He’s that good.”

Especially in theplayoffs, where he’s gone7-2 with a 2.13 ERA.

3Roy Oswalt, RHP


What he throws: Fastball (93 mph), slider,changeup, curveball.

Scouting report: Yet another Phillies ace,who challenges hitters.His curve — a beautiful12-6 hook that arrives atabout 69 mph, is devas-tating after a heater.

“You know what youget from Roy Oswaltevery year,” JimmyRollins said. “He’s anelite starter.”

Oswalt is the mostconsistent pitcher in thepast decade — without alosing season in hiscareer (since 2001).

4Cole Hamels, LHP


What he throws: Devastating changeup,complemented by fastballthat can hit 94 mph.Added nasty cutter lastseason.

Scouting report:Sometimes Hamels mixesin occasional curve, whichhe has never fully trusted.Hamels, 27, is theyoungest of the four aces.

“The thing that’s scaryabout Hamels is that hecould become much betterthan he is right now,” Roy-als OF Jeff Francoeur said. “I played in the minorsagainst him. He was toughthen. He’s very good now.He’s a special pitcher.”

Meet the Phab Four (+ Joe)

5Joe Blanton, RHP


What he throws: Fastball (87-91 mphrange), curveball, cutter,slider and changeup.

Scouting report:Gets by with deceptionover power. Big questionis: Can Blanton get outof the first without giv-ing up runs? Whenhealthy, he eats innings.

“If Joe Blanton is yourfifth starter, you have areally good rotation,”Yanks skipper Joe Girar-di said. “And the Philliesdo have a really good ro-tation. Blanton is tough.He’s a competitor.”

ED CONDRAN

Prized southpaw came back to win the World Series Loves being a Phillie and playing atCitizens Bank Park Lee appreciates the hometown fans, even if they decide to boo him

Cliff Lee couldn’t help buthear the fan’s loud greet-ing. “Welcome back, CliffLee,” a Phillies followerbellowed just before theace southpaw threw thefirst pitch of his springtraining debut.

“Yeah, I heard him,” Leesaid. “But they’ve been say-ing welcome back everyday I walk outside. I’m notcomplaining. These fansare excited about me andthat’s great.”

The Arkansas native and

is Philadelphia’s most pop-ular athlete. That’s hard todebate after he led thePhils to the 2009 World Se-ries. Lee won two games inthat Fall Classic and utterlydominated the BronxBombers in a Game 1 win.

The topper is that theoffseason’s biggest freeagent rejected a more gen-erous offer from the Yan-kees to once again sportthe Phillies’ red pinstripes.

“I came back here be-cause I think this is the

best team for me to be on,”Lee said. “I think we have agreat chance to win aWorld Series and I loveplaying with these guys. Ilove being a Phillie and Ilove playing before thesesupportive crowds.”

Lee is aware that Phillyfans don’t back every ath-lete that comes throughtown.

“I understand and ap-preciate that the Philliesfans are so into it,” Leesaid. “If I continue to play

this way, hopefully theywill stay behind me. If Ipitch well, they’ll continueto cheer. If I do the oppo-site, they’ll boo me.”

For now, Lee continuesto get standing ovationswhether he steps on themound, walks into arestaurant or picks up hismorning paper.

“There are worse waysto live,” Lee said.

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Lee’s moment in the sun

“If I pitch well,they’ll continue tocheer. If I do theopposite, they’llboo me. That’s theway it is inPhiladelphia and Iunderstand that.”CLIFF LEE

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Have you looked backat the video of BrianWilson striking you outlooking?You have to turnthe page andthat’s what I’mdoing. There’sno need tolook back atthat. It was atough way to

end the season. So many have focused onyour numbers being downlast season. But, you werenear the top when you gothurt in August.Exactly. Everybody says,‘Howard’s powernumbers were down.’Well, Howard was hurt. I

had some timing issueswhen I came back, but Idon’t want to make anyexcuses.Ryan Madson said that youstarted working out in mid-November. True?I was doing stuff for myankle and the rest of mybody. I was getting mybody back into positionand it worked out. I feelreally good right now. I

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have lessprotection?I’m used topitchers pitch-ing around me.

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However, the 29-year-old made considerablenoise at the plate thisspring as he won the start-ing right-field job.

Not only does Franciscolead the Phillies with a.377 batting average and.456 on-base percentage inspring training, he hit theball with authoritythroughout his audition.

“I like the way he hits,”Manuel said. “He hits theball hard. He looks good.”

Francisco makes realcontact, which wouldn’t

hurt the Phillies’ free-swinging lineup.

“I try to put the bat onthe ball,” Francisco said. “Itry to hit it hard some-where.”

Francisco’s old buddyWerth — the pair still textsregularly — wishes his for-mer teammate luck.

“He hopes for the bestfor me,” Francisco said. “Ilearned a lot from talkingwith Jayson and watchinghim play when he washere. We became verygood friends. He told me tobe patient and when thereis an opportunity to takeadvantage of that. That’swhat I’m doing.”

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NEW YORK METS (April 5-7) Mets might be down, but it’s fun to heckle NY fansAtlanta Braves (April 8-10) First road trip pits two best teams in NL East

D.C. NATIONALS (May 3-5) Welcome home, Jayson Werth ... still hate us?Florida Marlins (May 9-11) Halladay returns to scene of the Perfect Game

St. Louis Cardinals (May 16-17) Howard: .388 avg, 8 HRs, 31 RBIs at Busch StadiumCINCINNATI REDS (May 23-26) NLDS rematch, plus Reds are trendy NL pennant pick

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Projected

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1 Jimmy Rollins, SSNot typical leadoff hitter, butJ-Roll isPhils’pulse.And he’sin a contract year.

2 Placido Polanco, 3BBest No. 2hitter inbaseball,but he iscomingoff elbow surgery.

3 Raul Ibanez, LFKeepingthe spotwarmuntilUtley getsback. Flashed alley-to-alley power in Florida.

4 Ryan Howard, 1BPressureis on faceof thefranchiseto returnto 50 HR, 150 RBI self.

5 Ben Francisco, RFWasspring(.377, 5HRs, 14RBIs) justa mirage?

6 Shane Victorino, CFPosted acareer-high 18homersin 2010.But batted just .259.

7 Carlos Ruiz, CBatted.293 withRISP in2010.WouldManuel move him upif Francisco struggles?

8 Wilson Valdez, 2BMore thanadequatein fill-induty. Butdon’t mis-take him for a starter.

Starting rotation is one for the ages, but can the Phillies score runs?Lack of Utley, Werth could stifle Howard’s power numbers

Even so, Rollins and Co. have to be considered team to beat in NL

Speak softly,carry

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Ryan Howard isn’tworried about thePhillies’ offense orpotential protec-

tion. The slugging cleanuphitter isn’t concernedabout the five hole, whichis a big void since JaysonWerth left for a mountainof money with the Wash-ington Nationals.

Howard isn’t even in apanic over the uncertaintyof three-hole hitter ChaseUtley’s murky future.

“We have guys that canfill in for players that haveleft or are injured,”Howard said. “Last year,we had an incredibleamount of injuries. Theimportant thing is thatthey know they don’t haveto be another RyanHoward, Chase Utley orJimmy Rollins. They justhave to play a role withthe team.”

Perhaps Ben Franciscoand John Mayberry cancome close to Werth’s pro-duction and maybe evenhit better with runners inscoring position. Maybe

Wilson Valdez can fill inadmirably again for Utley,just like he did last year

when he played like a su-per-utility player.

Still, it appears thePhillies might be offen-sively challenged. Can ateam that may not score alot of runs, but with excel-lent starting pitching winregularly?

San Francisco Giants ad-visor Lou Piniella livedthrough the up-and-downexperience as manager ofthe starter-rich ChicagoCubs. Piniella believes thePhillies can do it.

“They have a great start-ing rotation,” Piniella saidof the Phillies. [On of-fense], Werth is a loss ...he’ll be tough to replaceand their offense is gettingolder, so you might notbounce back as well frominjuries. But they still haveRyan Howard, who is justa great run producer.

“If [Jimmy] Rollins ishealthy and can play likehe’s capable and if[Placido] Polanco ishealthy and some of theirother guys play up to theircapability, I think the

Phillies will be just fine.The Phillies will scoreruns. I think a lot of teamswould trade their teamroster for the Phillies’ ros-ter.”

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Big questions

1 When will Chase Utleyreturn? And when hedoes come back, will hebe a liability?

2 Will the Phillies’ offensehave enough pop/bal-ance without Werth?Who will bat in thethree- and five-holes?Who protects Howard?

3 Will the four aces live upto the hype? And howmuch can Joe Blantoncontribute? Assumingthe Phab Four can stayhealthy, we’ll find out ifpitching wins titles.

4 Which version of BradLidge will we see? Will itbe the perfect ’08 Lidge,the disaster of ’09 orsomething in between?

5 Is the bullpen goodenough? Lidge is on theDL. Chad Durbin is gone.And Danys Baez is the ul-timate wild card.

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778Plate appearances forJimmy Rollins in hisMVP season (2007), themost in MLB history. Hehad 394 last year andrecorded a career-low48 runs as he battled injury and season-longslump. J-Roll tallied 100runs in 2009.

Predictions

Take it tothe Bank

Team MVP — RyanHoward. He was bangedup most of last year andstill hit 31 homers. Expect45 HRs and 140 RBIs.

Projected finish —100-62, first in NL East;World Series runner-up.

Why they could easilystumble — Injuries. It’s nosecret that this team hasmany questions in themiddle of its lineup and inthe back of the bullpen.And that’s assuming thatthe Phab Four can avoidthe DL this season.

“The Phillies willscore runs. I think alot of teams wouldtrade their teamroster for thePhillies’ roster.”LOU PINIELLA

Jimmy Rollins must bounce back from a dismal 2010 season, when he batted a career-worst .243.

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Inside Vegas: Big arms don’t equal big money

Elite starting pitchers are met with huge money lines Oddsmakersknow bettors love power pitchers But don’t forget about no-decisionsThere aren’t many cardinalrules in sports betting. Notblindly betting on startingpitching is one of them.

To understand why, wemust first understandhow a baseball line works.Unlike basketball or foot-ball, there is no pointspread. Favorites are es-tablished by money lines.So if Roy Halladay is tak-ing on Clayton Richard,you would have to risksomewhere around $300just to win $100.

Halladay started 33games a year ago, compil-ing one of the best seasonsin recent memory. He hada 2.44 ERA, 1.04 WHIP andstruck out 219 batters. Butthe Phillies won just 22 ofthose games. So eventhough Halladay was domi-nant, bettors had to swal-low big losses 11 times.

If you bet on Halladayevery time last season, youonly turned a very smallprofit (see chart above).

96.5Over/under for Phillieswins this season, thehighest total in theleague. The Red Soxare second at 95 1/2,and the Yankees comein third at 91 1/2. TheMets’ total is 76.

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Despite a monster season, Roy Halladay

barely won bettors money in 2010.

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2010 results

Starters that made bettorsthe most money last year: 1. C.J. Wilson, TEX2. Trevor Cahill, OAK3. Freddy Garcia, CWS4. Brett Myers, HOU5. Brett Cecil, TOR

Units won/lost by baseball’s elite pitchers: • Roy Halladay +$102• Felix Hernandez -$458• Tim Lincecum +$396• CC Sabathia +$284• Johan Santana -$508• Adam Wainwright -$124• Cole Hamels -$529


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sure to go wrongThe grid: We’d bet it with our money �� | We’d bet it with your money �� | Fat chance � | by Sean Quinn

World Series pick?Answer: Red Sox overPhillies in six gamesBy: Mike Greger,Metro Philly sports editorConfidence level: ��

The old theory is goodpitching bests good hit-ting, but Sox have avideo-game lineup. Un-less the Phab Four canrake, we’re taking Fen-way’s Finest.AL MVP: Joe MauerNL MVP: Joey Votto

How will Detroit keepMiguel Cabrera in line?Answer: An ultimate gameof dizzy batConfidence level: �

Last offseason, he wentto rehab (and went on tobat .328). This offseason,he was arrested on suspi-cion of drunken driving.The Tigers could justdeal him to the Brewers,but five rounds of dizzybat will sober him up.

Worst baseball trial?Answer: Idiot v. SluggerrrConfidence: ��

Forget Barry Bonds. Thelovable Royals mascotshot off wieners into thecrowd via an air cannonback in 2009, striking afan in the face. That fansued for more than$25,000 in damages, buta jury ruled last monththe team isn’t liable.Now, if that fan wantedto sue the Royals for be-ing the Royals, he wouldprobably win that case.

Who will be the biggestfreak show?Answer: Toss-upConfidence level: ��

At 7-foot-1, minor leaguepitcher Loek van Milfrom the Netherlandswould be the tallest ma-jor-league player ever ifhe gets called up by theAngels. Then there’sDodgers relief pitcherTravis Schlichting, whosports a Kenny Powers-inspired mullet.

Which slugger benefitsmost from a breakup?Answer: Matt KempConfidence level: ��

The Dodger toldRihanna she’s not

the only girl inthe world. Heturned into the

NL’s version ofCarlos Pena,crushing 28HRs buthitting just

.249 in ‘10. Heneeds more timewith a swingcoach like Ri-hanna needsmore timewith a stylist.

Who will be the MLB’snew power couple?Answer: C.J. Wilson andDominique PiekConfidence level: ��

Cameron Diaz’s face willsurely melt off before theAll-Star break. The Rangersare the hot team right nowand there might not beanyone hotter than Piek,the SI swimsuit model girl-friend of Texas’ startingpitcher. Although, if theTampa Bay Rays can some-how manage tostay relevant,Reid Brignac(famous forhis “TeachMe How ToDougie”clubhousevideo) andformer Play-mategirlfriendLauren An-derson canmake arun at thisall-impor-tant title.

Winners Losers Distractions Trial by error Chicks dig the long ball

C.J. Wilson spent part of his winterin Dominique Piek’s homeland,

South Africa.

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First impressions areeverything.

The Phillies cut ties withLuis Castillo yesterday, af-ter just seven spring train-ing games. Castillo went 6-for-22 overall for thePhillies, but did go 2-for-4with an RBI on Tuesday. Itwas too little, too late.

“It’s a testament to thepeople that we have here,”GM Ruben Amaro Jr. said.“The personnel we have

here makes us confident.”Castillo fell out of favor

early when he failed to re-port on time. The 35-year-old was expected to fill-infor the injured Chase Ut-ley. Now, that onus falls onWilson Valdez and Rule 5pick Michael Martinez.

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